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7. S'uppose I, or any other clergyman with a family, should come, what prospect would there be of obtaining a small congregation, or pastoral charge- to yield partial support & employment, until the college should demand my whole time. 8. What is the price of land,-the value of houses,- & what the expense of erecting buildings, brick, stone- or frame?- & how a.re rents? 9. What is the state of society, of morals &c; & what probability would there be of obtaining for the college faculty the sanction & hearty support of the community in maintaining order & a becoming discipline among the young men f 10. If, in your judgment, the way is prepared for such an attempt as is here suggested, what would you deem the proper time to enter upon it, & what the arrangements that should be made, at the outset,- to secure the greatest probability of success? I offer no apology for obtruding this subject on your attention: -its importance to the community over which you have been called to preside is my one valid plea. To Revd 1\fr Allen-who was, I believe, Chapla,in to your Congress la.st year- & to Dr W. Roberts- whom your well know- I am not unknown; & should further information hereafter be deemed desir- able,-it will not be difficult to obtain it. Hoping that, so soon as your convenience will allow,- this communi- cation may demand your attention & elicit a response To Genl Le Mar President &c- Your Obt Servt I am Sir.
Wm T. Hamilton :[rubric]'
[Addressed] To His Excellency Genl Le Mar President Elect Single)
[Endorsed]
William T Hamilton Mobile Ala Nov. 21st 1838
of Texas.
No. 884
1838 Nov. 21, 8 H. McLEOD TO lVL B. LAMAR
Dear Genl Hkl Qrs Port Caddo Nov 21st 1838 Enclosed I send you a Copy of a letter 9 which will explain itself- The Agent, Sewell, has not only furnished the Caddoes arms, but has been heard by respectable men to say, that he did not care if they murdered every woman & child in Texas, and that he would arm them & push them across the line~ Brig Genl Dyer rendevouzed several days since at Clarksville with 400 men, for a campaign against the Indians on Trinity & cross tim- bers-we will join him in a few days- He (Genl D) aetached a co:c1- "According to McLeod's note in no. 890 this letter was actually written on Nov. 22. 'No. 882.
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